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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Restriction Enzyme Cleavage

For Students 9th - 10th
A great step by step site for how DNA is prepared and plated in the process of electrophoresis.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: The Challenge of Flight

For Students 3rd - 8th
Think about the challenges that faced the Wright Brothers, then see if you can design and fly your own model aircraft. There are other sources provided to help you along the way.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Franklin White

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Franklin White is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with landscape photography which he collect in "viewbooks."
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New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute: Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources and lesson plans concerning the thousands of letters Mrs. Roosevelt received from young people asking for help during the Depression. Students learn how to use primary source documents.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Wpa: Antidote to the Great Depression?

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A good assessment of the Works Progress Administration and its contribution not only of providing jobs for the unemployed during the Great Depression, but for the lasting improvements it made in the...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Women and the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A very interesting essay showing how the Great Depression affected women as housewives and as employees. See how many New Deal programs discriminated against women, and find out who supported women's...
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Other

Employment and Training Institute: Wpa Milwaukee Handicraft Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on a WPA program in Milwaukee which provided work for unskilled women laborers. Great resource for students of all ages.
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Other

The on Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site defines what a loyalist is, as well as detailing the role loyalists played in the American Revolution with chronologies, maps, and more.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Franklin Pierce

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Franklin Pierce.
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Philadelphia: Statue of Benjamin Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
Statue of Benjamin Franklin at the Franklin Institute (Philadelphia)
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Foreign Policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Describes Roosevelt's policies towards Pan-America, involvement in the global conflict, and entry into World War II. Included are sample lessons and a bibliography. (Published in 1978)
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Working Wing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan provides a brief demonstration of how airplane wings lift a heavy airplane into the air. This activity would be an excellent example of how science and technology have positively impacted our lives. Prediction and...
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: The Pulley

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides an easy to understand experiment that will demonstrate the pulley to students in grades K-3. It requires only everyday materials. The students are encouraged to discover some of these concepts for themselves and apply...
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The Franklin Institute

[Archived Content] the Franklin Institute: The Screw Demonstration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an activity demonstrating that the screw is an inlined plane.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Powering the Past: Emergence of Electrical Utilities in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the history of electrical utilities in the United States from the time of Edison up to President Franklin Roosevelt.
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The Franklin Institute

Marie Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the history of Marie Curie and her work with radium. Use the tabs above to read more about this scientist, her research, and her rewards.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The First New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview summarizing the domestic policies instituted by Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his plan of economic recovery in the First New Deal.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Second New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the host of economic and social measures instituted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Second New Deal.
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US National Archives

National Archives and Records Administration: Founders Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the texts of nearly 200,000 historical documents related to six Founding Fathers, including the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. The...
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The Franklin Institute

Resources for Science Learning: The Human Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you wanted to know about keeping your brain healthy. How should you nourish your brain, how should your brain be protected, and even how to "renew" or stimulate your brain.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: John Franklin (1786 1847)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of John Franklin from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: John Franklin (1786 1847)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of John Franklin from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Benjamin Franklin (1706 1790)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Benjamin Franklin from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.